After the attack on America on September 11, 2001, Tehachapi High School Show Choir director Linda Pettitt felt compelled to take the Choir to New York City to sing at Ground Zero and at the Statue of Liberty. The whole community pitched in to send 30 girls and 10 adults to New York City. They left May 8, 2002, sang at those places, toured the city, and returning late on May 13th. Just 5 days later, on May 18, the choir performed at a competition hosted by Music in the Parks. They performed before two judges and a hand full of parents in the gymnasium at Western High School a few miles from miles from Disneyland.
At the awards ceremony later that afternoon at Disneyland, the THS Show Choir not only won first place in their division, but also first place over-all! They sang four songs for the competition: Prayer of the Children, On Holy Ground, New York, New York, and In the Mood. The last three songs they also sang in New York. They sang On Holy Ground at Ground Zero. Here is a newspaper article describing their experience: http://vredenburgh.org/showchoir/page...